In the same way, teenagers imagine dying young because death is more imaginable than the person that all the decisions and burdens of adulthood may make of you.

Leave the door open for the unknown, the door into the dark. That’s where the most important things come from, where you yourself came from, and where you will go.

The art is not one of forgetting but letting go. And when everything else is gone, you can be rich in loss.

Fear of making mistakes can itself become a huge mistake, one that prevents you from living, for life is risky and anything less is already loss.

But fear of making mistakes can itself become a huge mistake, one that prevents you from living, for life is risky and anything less is already a loss.

The art is not one of forgetting but letting go

You can convert your innate worth into gross net worth on the earth.

Professing not to care is a primordial defense mechanism. Whenever a person finds oneself mired in failure and despondency, rebelling is a viable option to preserve false personal pride.

...“living in oneness with Buddha’s teaching, is a creative life in which everything becomes meaningful.

As a writer I care about America, and care about its carelessness.

The fish is the star of the plate.

He who never ventures beyond actuality will never win the prize of truth.

Most people, when they reach a certain age, let down and talk about what they used to do. Well, who gives a damn about what you used to do? It's what you're doing now.

Persistence goes a lot farther than brains.

He's the real deal. Eric Taylor was one of my heroes and teachers when I started playing around Houston in the early 1970s.